geometry/distance_on_sphere.cpp


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#include "distance_on_sphere.hpp"
#include "../base/math.hpp"
#include "../std/algorithm.hpp"

double ms::DistanceOnSphere(double lat1Deg, double lon1Deg, double lat2Deg, double lon2Deg)
{
  double const lat1 = my::DegToRad(lat1Deg);
  double const lat2 = my::DegToRad(lat2Deg);
  double const dlat = sin((lat2 - lat1) * 0.5);
  double const dlon = sin((my::DegToRad(lon2Deg) - my::DegToRad(lon1Deg)) * 0.5);
  double const y = dlat * dlat + dlon * dlon * cos(lat1) * cos(lat2);
  return 2.0 * atan2(sqrt(y), sqrt(max(0.0, 1.0 - y)));
}